Spinning Blue Color

#5b6a7c

Spinning Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #a49583
Complementary Color #7c6d5a
Color Shade: blue cyan (212.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 42.16% (better contrasting with white)
Spinning Blue Color Sample
Spinning Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5b6a7c

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Spinning Blue Color. The Tranquil Pond color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Greyish Blue (#5e819d) for more energetic effect. Try Brisk Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#7c6d5a is the best complementary color to Spinning Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5b6a7c complementary color is Crocodile, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Shuttle Gray are #5a7a7c and #5c5a7c. Thus found on the left and right of #5b6a7c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Comet colors as they work well with Spinning Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spinning Blue palette consists of #7a7c5a and #7c5c5a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7c6d5a). Try Flax Smoke and Russett colors in combination with #5b6a7c, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #5b6a7c offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Spinning Blue. Thus Willow Grove and Falcon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spinning Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Crocodile, Old Lavender, and Glade Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #5b6a7c square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Spinning Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#7c6d5a) and two others. The Falcon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Como – 120° from the complementary Crocodile. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7c5a69 and #5a7c6d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5b6a7c is made of 28% red, 33% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Spinning Blue has a hue angle of 212.73°, a saturation of 15.35% and a lightness of 42.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5b6a7c is made of 12.94% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 51.37% black ink.

HEX #5b6a7c
RGB Decimal rgb(91,106,124)
RGB Percentage 28%, 33%, 39%
CMYK 12.94, 7.06, 0, 51.37
HSL hsl(212.73,15.35%,42.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(212.73,26.61%,48.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.2149,-1.2302,-11.8772)
XYZ xyz(13.1065,13.9875,21.0778)
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